Screened Porch

Screened Porch

A screened porch in a Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, house is collaged in bright outdoor fabrics. The swing cushion is Nemo in Soleil by Manuel Canovas. "In my houses, I tend to make a base of neutrals, and I love using small amounts of color for contrast," designer Sally Markham says. "But the client urged me to use brighter colors than I normally would have, and I'm glad she did. They add excitement."

Screened Porch

A screened porch in a Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, house is collaged in bright outdoor fabrics. The swing cushion is Nemo in Soleil by Manuel Canovas. "In my houses, I tend to make a base of neutrals, and I love using small amounts of color for contrast," designer Sally Markham says. "But the client urged me to use brighter colors than I normally would have, and I'm glad she did. They add excitement."

Thomas Loof

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Backyard Oasis

There was not one tree, and no pool, when the owners bought the California house decorated by Kathryn M. Ireland. They created this oasis. Restoration Hardware chaises with cushions in Kathryn Ireland fabrics.

Victoria Pearson

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Fireplace Seating

In a Los Angeles cottage, it was landscape designer Jay Griffith's idea to move homeowner Cristine Gillespie's art studio mirror to the outdoor dining room, where he attached it to poles behind the steel fireplace he designed. It reflects the 1970s Venetian glass chandelier hanging from a tree.

Lisa Romerein

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Open-Air Living Room

Matching Sunbrella upholstery and a round indoor-outdoor rug from Couristan unify an assortment of vintage rattan porch furniture into an open-air living room suite in a Long Island farmhouse decorated by Tom Scheerer. Behind the chaise longue, a grand hooded basket chair — handed down and restored for generations — presides over a massive table and lightweight French park chairs.

Francesco Lagnese

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Poolhouse

The poolhouse, with cushions in Pollack's Shoreline fabric, "was a cavern before we installed the mirror," designer Jesse Carrier says of the space in a Bermuda-style house in Florida he decorated with Mara Miller. "Now it reflects the light and is so inviting."

Eric Piasecki

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Back Porch

Contractor Tim Givens built the swinging daybed on the back porch of Liza Pulitzer Calhoun's Palm Beach house, and she simply covered its seat with a favorite tablecloth. The pillows are from Anthropologie and Roberta Roller Rabbit. The swordfish was found in an antiques shop.

Francesco Lagnese

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Colorful Accessories

In a Napa Valley cottage decorated by Ken Fulk, the sweet sitting area has a colorful mix of accessories. Vintage metal glider and chairs from Zonal. Pillows from Pottery Barn.

Victoria Pearson

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Colorful Cabana

To connect the inside with the outside, Moises Esquenazi created a series of living areas in his Los Angeles backyard, including this cabana with a daybed that echoes the colors he used in the interior of his bungalow. The natural fiber pillows and the blue squares are from RL Home; striped and print pillows are by Trina Turk.

Reed Davis

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Pink Rooftop Retreat

Vibrant pink pillows encourage lounging on the rooftop of a Miami showhouse designed by Orlando Diaz-Azcuy.